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Are you talking the main cable from the battery to the main fuse box in the engine compartment? That is no 'common' battery cable. First off, it is really big. I think its 1/0 which helps to make it expensive. It is also a major effort to replace. In 9 years of cruising Prime, I don't recall a thread discussing 'actual replacement' of that cable. There are a bunch of threads covering replacement of the OEM battery lug on the cable which is the common failure point.http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/133042-Positive-Battery-Cable-Replacement?highlight=battery+cable+clamp+size Even replacing that lug is a non trivial exercise just because it is such a pain getting down there to work on things and you definitely are not using a hand crimper to attach a 1/0 lug. I had to replace the battery clamps on my car and I had to go to an electrical specialist who did 'big truck' work to find clamps with the correct wire sizes. User Redbird (Daisy Automotive) was fabricating & selling a nice replacement for the negative battery cable which grounds to the body. Aside from suffering the same lug failure problem as the + cable it can also suffer from corrosion at the body connection. If you want to pre-emptively replace something, replace the negative cable with Redbird's cable and plan for replacement of the battery lug on the + cable.If you feel compelled to replace the + cable, welding cable provides a nice solution. Very fine strand (990 strands on 1/0) which makes it very flexible and lots of insulation (typically rated 600 V). Because of the EPDM jacket, it is probably bulkier than the OEM cable. Price is nicer. You should be able to source it for about $5 /ft. The fine stranding can make crimping a bit more hassle; but, doable. Same major headache doing replacement!
Are you talking the main cable from the battery to the main fuse box in the engine compartment? That is no 'common' battery cable. First off, it is really big. I think its 1/0 which helps to make it expensive. It is also a major effort to replace. In 9 years of cruising Prime, I don't recall a thread discussing 'actual replacement' of that cable. There are a bunch of threads covering replacement of the OEM battery lug on the cable which is the common failure point.
http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/133042-Positive-Battery-Cable-Replacement?highlight=battery+cable+clamp+size
Even replacing that lug is a non trivial exercise just because it is such a pain getting down there to work on things and you definitely are not using a hand crimper to attach a 1/0 lug. I had to replace the battery clamps on my car and I had to go to an electrical specialist who did 'big truck' work to find clamps with the correct wire sizes.
User Redbird (Daisy Automotive) was fabricating & selling a nice replacement for the negative battery cable which grounds to the body. Aside from suffering the same lug failure problem as the + cable it can also suffer from corrosion at the body connection. If you want to pre-emptively replace something, replace the negative cable with Redbird's cable and plan for replacement of the battery lug on the + cable.
If you feel compelled to replace the + cable, welding cable provides a nice solution. Very fine strand (990 strands on 1/0) which makes it very flexible and lots of insulation (typically rated 600 V). Because of the EPDM jacket, it is probably bulkier than the OEM cable. Price is nicer. You should be able to source it for about $5 /ft. The fine stranding can make crimping a bit more hassle; but, doable. Same major headache doing replacement!
